The water droplets are clinging to the feathery strands that make up a Dandelion seed, allowing it to float through the air. Placed in behind the droplets is a single Dandelion, framed in black to stand out.

A difficult shot to align, this image is made entirely hand-held to grab the exact perfect angle that would have been inaccessible if using a tripod.

Even the common, overlooked and under-appreciated weeds can showcase depth and beauty.

The effect turns the droplet into a jewel, showcasing the beauty of spring. In the smallest places nature can be wonderful, even while sitting on your kitchen counter.

This image was made with an off-camera flash and special attention was payed to avoid the flash reflection in the tiny water droplet.

First, one water droplet is let loose to fall into the cup, splashing back up in a center cone, and at just the moment when the cone peaks, a second falling droplet smashes into it. The camera also has to be precisely timed to capture the instant after impact.

For this, I use a special tool called the “Camera Axe”, good for remote triggering and timing your camera in countless ways. Without a trigger of some kind, a shot like this would be an exercise in frustration.

The water is coloured with food colouring.

Water droplets act as lenses, and refract an image of whatever is placed behind them. Taking this idea, I printed a special version of my Maple Leaf Flag image and placed it behind a spider web covered in water. This is the result.

I used focus-stacking techniques to increase the depth of focus, but there is no Photoshop trickery here – the water droplets did all the magic.

I found this little tree upstream from where this photograph was taken, toppled over in the water. I’m not sure how it got there, but in the days prior to my arrival the area had been hit by strong wind storms.

Seeking a great photo opportunity, I took the tree with clearly broken roots and moved it to an upright position in a spot of late afternoon sunlight.

Is it still there? Definitely not; the rocks would not allow the roots to grab hold. Will it survive? Likely no, and this may have been the little tree’s last chance to enjoy the comforts of life at Duchesnay Falls.

The sound of the water drowns out everything else around you, turning into constant white noise.

Duchesnay Falls splits into two separate waterfall streams down below this point, and the number of photographic compositions is seemingly endless. If you ever visit North Day, set aside a few hours to visit this place, right off of Highway 17 towards Sudbury.

This image was photographed on what was probably my 10th visit to Wilson’s Falls in Bracebridge, Ontario. Calm smooth water on bottom left falls into much more furious water at the top right.

The image is abstract and represents both balance and perception.

I’ve gone back since this image was created, and the water has never flowed quite the same way over these rocks.

With most landscape photography, it’s generally a good idea to add something into the foreground to give depth and allow your eyes to flow through the image better. Webster’s Falls doesn’t disappoint – the large and jagged rocks work well to frame the image and hide the river that progresses through them downstream.

It’s two layers of cascades and low amount of water (at least at the time of my visit) allow for brilliant slow shutter speed photography.

I had been sitting and watching the birds fly in for some time, and this busy little guy was not going to wait any longer for me to move. Up he popped and swam close enough for the 800mm lens I was using to make the image.

Curious but frightened, it wasn’t more than a few seconds before he decided to travel the rest of his way underwater.

Tree Swallows take very well to nesting in man-made bird houses. The problem, it seems for these two birds, is that there aren’t enough houses to go around. The fight is on!

I stayed still and hidden nearby, waiting for the birds to return after I first spotted them. A half hour or so later, a small group of birds returned and began fighting for the nesting house. I’m not sure if there was a clear winner at the end of it, but from this photograph one clearly has the high ground!